The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-17
THI FAMOUS Mind READER
WORRIED OYER THE STRANGE
CONDUCT OF HIS WIFE,
Who Was Recently the Heroine Of 6
Sensational Divorce suit With
Her First Husband.

HKv YoRK, March l6.-The report
published exclusively in the Star yes
terdsy that the wife OF Washington
Irving Bishop had either fed from her
fashionable home in Boston or had
been abducted therefrom caused de-
cided sensation at the Hoffman House,
where the mind reader is staying.
Friends and reporters swarmed about
the apartments Of Mr.. Bishop to con.
dole with him on his misfortune, and
10 obtain, II possible, further details
of the affair. Mr.. Bishop had kept
out Of the way all day, however,
spending the morning with his mother
AT her house on West Twenty-third
street, and the afternoon with Col.
Robert G.. Ingersoll.
1t was early in the evening, just as
he was about 10 leave TO fulfill his en-
gagement at OIL. Sims Park rhoater,
Brooklyn, that the representatives OF
the press caught hin. To each OF
them Mr.. Bishop said that the state
men: contained in the Star, which
they carried in their hands, was en-
tirely correct. he had but one thing
further 10 say. An hour after the re-
poi ter OF the Star left him on Saturday
night be received the following enig.
maticai dispatch from his wife:
DETROIT, March u. 1887.
Can meet you either at Buffalo at
or Albany. Have much to reveal.
HELEN.
He Immediately t:legraphed the fol-
loving in reply:
EEw YokK, March II, 1887.
Mrs Helen @. Bishop, Detroit, Mich;
The false information received by
me In answer to urgent inquiries by
telegraph to your family concerning
your whereabouts and your inexplica
bic conduct in Detroit, instead OF com.
ing 10 your husband after you had
been repeatedly advised by his physl-
clans that he was at deaths door, will
tomorrow be criticised by the press
throughout the country. II you wish
to protect your honor It will BIS neces.
sary for you TO come to New York i'm
msdistely, otherwise you will give me
and the world just grounds for bsliev-
ing that you have disregrded your
marriage VOWS. Your heartless con-
duct and refusal to anBwer any OF my
commune atoms has received the Sc
versst cenaure. Impossible for me to
meet you en- route. My mother will
receive you at her residenca. Tele-
graph me Immediately your inten-
tions. Address care Of my mother.
WASHINGTON IRVING BISHOP.
Twenty.four hours have elapsed and
Mr.. Bishop has not yet received any
reply to his telegram. This leads him
to believe that his wife is under duress
and that her telegram was either sur
reptiiously sent or had been trans-
mitted with the intention of deceivlng
him. He regards the whole affair as
a we'll planned conspiracy TO rob him
OF his wife.
Some months ego, he says, an at.
tempt was made to estrange his IL
year old daughter by his first marriage
from him. The little one. who is
remarkably bright child, with large
rolling black eyes full OF tenderness,
and indicative OF keen mental activity,
was told by parties in interest that her
father was all that was vile and afro
clous. The most dreadful cslumnies
were used againet him, but the
shaft failed to hit the mark II
was leveled at. The little one
believed in her father, aud further
efforts to poison her mind were not es.
Bayed. Mr.. Bishop now thinks that
this sams occult Influence has beer
brought 10 bear upon his wife, and
possibly her mother. That he has
been maligned by the parties referred
to, and that either through superior
mental strength, such as q strong man
can exert on woman, or through
forcible means, his wife is withheld
from him. The party most in interest
he believes to be her former husband,
Millionaire Thomas j. Loud, who, he
says, is psssionately devoted TO his for.
mer wife. He is strong, bold man,
and would have the )urage to attempt
any feat, however hazardous, those
who know him say, TO gain his point.
Mrs. Bishop, who has thus become
suddenly known to fame, both by her
romantic marriage with the clever
mind reader after sensational divorce
suit and her recent escapade, ia ac.
counted one of the most beautiful
women In B ston. She Is above the
medium height and possesses figure
OF SURPRISING loneliness. So graceful,
indeed, are lis outlines that the Bos,
ton papers al the time Of her divorce
proceedings against her husband
termed her second Helen OF Troy.
Her pale, clear complexion is illu.
mined by bright, gsEelle like eyes, at
once iull OF tenderness and animation.
Her rich brown hair is cut closely 10
the head and gives sort OF chic or
dash to her appearance. To a sweet
deposition che unltes a charm OF mau-
ner and delicate ylvaoity that captivate
all who fall within the radius OF her
bright eyes.
As the &ar said yes erday, Mr.. Bish.
op was engaged 10 he married to her
before she was divorced from Mr..
Loud. He met her abroad, and che
became captivSted by his science or
talent, whatever his peculiar power
may be called. Not long after the di.
yorcs they were married. 1t is be.
lieved that Mr.. and Mrs. Mack, the
father and mother of Mrs. Bishop,
were opposed to the alliance with the
mind reader. They, too, are very
wealthy.
Mr.. Bishop said last night that II he
did not hear from his wife today he
would place the matter in the hands
OF detectives.
Mrs. bishop Tells Her Story.
DETROIT, MICH, March l6.-Mus, W.
Irving Bishop, villa of the celebrated
mind reader, is in Detroit, where her
husband claims she a I'd for some n,vs,